Gasoline automobile
Automóvil de gasolina
- Date
- 1886 · confidence high
- Place
- Mannheim, Germany
- Credited to
- Karl Benz (Patent-Motorwagen, 1886); Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach (Cannstatt, 1886); Siegfried Marcus (Vienna, 1870)
- People
- 👤 Carl Benz1844–1929👤 Gottlieb Daimler1834–1900👤 Siegfried Marcus1831–1898👤 Wilhelm Maybach1846–1929
- Field
- Movement
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Three-wheeled vehicle with a single-cylinder petrol engine built into the chassis, the first automobile patent (DRP 37435). Bertha Benz's journey (1888) demonstrated its practical usefulness.
Daimler motorised a carriage independently in 1886; Marcus built vehicles in Vienna in 1870 and 1888; steam cars had existed since Cugnot (1769) and Bollée (1873).
What it led to
- Automobile industry and suburbanisation
- Network of paved roads and petrol stations
- Individual mobility and car culture